including 1 @ , @ 45 ##7 professional soldiers , 18 @ , @ 60 ##3 paid militia and 8 @ , @ 86 ##3 unpaid volunteers , were subsequently transferred . the individual units continued to be administered under the various colonial acts until the defence act 1903 brought all the units under one piece of legislation . this act also prevented the raising of standing infantry units and specified that militia forces could not be used in industrial disputes or serve outside australia . however , the majority of soldiers remained in militia units , known as the citizen military forces ( cm ##f ) . major general sir edward hutton — a former commander of the new south wales military forces — subsequently became the
including 1 @, @ 457 professional soldiers, 18 @, @ 603 paid militia and 8 @, @ 863 unpaid volunteers, were subsequently transferred. the individual units continued to be administered under the various colonial acts until the defence act 1903 brought all the units under one piece of legislation. this act also prevented the raising of standing infantry units and specified that militia forces could not be used in industrial disputes or serve outside australia. however, the majority of soldiers remained in militia units, known as the citizen military forces ( cmf ). major general sir edward hutton — a former commander of the new south wales military forces — subsequently became the